An image captured by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) when it discovered asteroid 2024 YR4. Credit: ATLAS / NASA It's certain that recently discovered asteroid 2024 YR4 ...

The asteroid is rated at a 3 on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale, a tool used for categorizing potential impacts. That means 2024 YR4 merits attention from astronomers, the public and public ...

When was the last time an asteroid had similar odds of hitting Earth? This is only the second time that impact prediction systems have rated any asteroid with an impact probability of more than 1%.

On the Torino scale -- the method for categorizing the impact ... the asteroid around the sun and into Earth's vicinity before it ventures far out between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

On the slim chance the asteroid does strike Earth in 2032, its impacts would be localized. But 2024 YR4 has nonetheless received a Level 3 rating, out of 10, on the Torino Impact Hazard Scale ...

NASA and ESA are monitoring the situation closely. The asteroid's possible impact could release energy 500 times stronger than an atomic bomb. Updated projections are expected soon to determine ...

Since its discovery on 27 December 2023 by the NASA-funded Asteroid Terrestrial-Impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) in Chile, 2024 YR4 has been closely monitored. NASA has enlisted the James Webb Space ...

Getty The possibility of a recently-discovered asteroid striking Earth has doubled ... in order to better understand “how significant an impact could be,” per the European Space Agency ...

There's even simulations of the impact which 2024 YR4 could have - and needless to say, it doesn't look very good. Advert Now, Hadfield has shared his expert opinion on the asteroid, which ...

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